About Tara
Tara Lineberry is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. She has ten years of clinical experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and mood concerns. Tara aims to build a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship where clients can speak openly about hard things.
She focuses on practical problem solving and emotional work. Many people she sees bring concerns about relationships, grief, eating and body image, self-esteem, and life changes.
Background and approach
ADHD is also listed among her common areas of focus. Tara draws on therapy methods that emphasize thoughts, emotions, and mindful awareness to guide sessions. Tara believes people often know what they need but benefit from a steady partner to help make sense of feelings and next steps.
She listens closely and highlights the strengths people already have. Sessions are warm, direct, and respectful, with attention to safety and personal pace. Her background includes work with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and people facing addiction and eating disorders.
That experience informs how she responds to trauma and complex emotional problems. Clients can expect clear, goal-oriented conversations alongside space for processing painful experiences. Tara offers multiple formats for contact and ongoing check-ins.
She emphasizes flexible scheduling, practical skills, and collaboration so people can take steps that fit their life and goals.
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and helps people try small changes that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a method aimed at helping people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. It is commonly used when past events continue to cause strong reactions in the present.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tara will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and personal preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing problem solving, and quick access to thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while staying connected to a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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